as in to eradicate
to destroy all traces of
the triumph of modern medicine in extirpating certain diseases
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Recent Examples of extirpate
Though otters were never completely extirpated from Pennsylvania, the state park says their numbers were vastly reduced.
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Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
It's believed the last wolves in California were extirpated by the 1920s.
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NPR,
26 Oct. 2025
Mountain lions were native to Arkansas until about 1920, when they were extirpated from the state through unregulated hunting and habitat loss.
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Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
9 Oct. 2025
But by the 1930s, the apex predators had been extirpated from the area, largely due to hunting, government eradication programs and habitat loss.
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Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for extirpate
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
It's believed the last wolves in California were extirpated by the 1920s.
—
NPR,
26 Oct. 2025
Mountain lions were native to Arkansas until about 1920, when they were extirpated from the state through unregulated hunting and habitat loss.
—
Bryan Hendricks,
Arkansas Online,
9 Oct. 2025
But by the 1930s, the apex predators had been extirpated from the area, largely due to hunting, government eradication programs and habitat loss.
—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for extirpate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extirpate
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Incomplete or inappropriate antibiotic courses amplify this effect by exposing bacteria to sub-therapeutic drug concentrations without eradicating them.
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Building new sterile fly production facilities in the Southwest helped eradicate the flies in that region too, and by 1966, the US was declared officially screwworm-free.
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By the time the boundary issues were partially corrected in the 1960s, both the cemetery and the surrounding Black community had been largely erased from public memory.
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Still, state environmental officials and weather experts say the rainfall deficits dating back to last fall have not been completely erased.
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Avila Chevalier survived a deluge of attacks for previous social media posts that called for abolishing the police and prisons.
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Earlier this month, the bloc also released more information about its own plans for abolishing its de minimis exemption on June 30.
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Both victims died in separate mobile homes that were destroyed about two to three miles apart, Bullard said.
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If Iran’s atomic weapons infrastructure was destroyed in this war, funneling hundreds of billions into the country can’t be used to rebuild it.
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“Extirpate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extirpate. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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